Frazier did not have a great last two years as he was wasted in playing a different role than we needed for him to really be in (his defense perfect, just not the scorer consistently(a little over 11 per game, 39.7%). Skyy could be more natural where he is at and with his talent, do exactly what we would need and ask of him - uptempo, shots in 7 seconds, dude can pass and score, how is his D as a freshman.
Plummer gave us points from three, our second best scorer, but a weakness on D. He turned the ball over about the same as he did assists, and he would have a big game and then meh. Whoever comes in will have to replace the 3 point shot, ft % and only needs to improve the points to points given up per game. I think Goode can be an Altenberger shooter when used and I think using rotation in the 2 and 3 slots will pick up the offense as Sencire will surprise people. If we get 9 to 11 from this position.
Hawkins hopefully goes from 5.9 to say 11 since we aren't stuffing in into the middle 90 percent of the time, and get his 6 points from his back up?
Demonte, 3.9 points per game on full game minutes. This is where we need to gain on offense. Using Hawkins, Ty, Sencire, RJ, Goode, we should pick up points to cover.....
Kofi, this is where the committee has to score more, faster and I think Dain will give us double digits, but if you realize that the backups at center averaged 4 points a game, there is some ground that can be gained there. I think Dain will be a better defender than Kofi. Kofi had some monster blocks but didn't average a lot of them, nor did he have the footwork to not be exploited, Dain and Hawkins and Verdunk do. My opinion.
Nothing against last years group, but they were not consistent night in and night out and still managed to win the B10. I really think we will score easier and have more options, not lose as much on substitutions, and we will finally have some size where we can win on mismatches and not have them beat us based on exploited size or weakness. Would I like an experienced scorer? Sure would be nice to add one in the portal, but this team is starting it's journey young, would you settle for one good year and a national championship in year 2 or 3 or just make the tournament and then get exploited because we couldn't play with the size and speed of a non-Big 10 foe? I can take the heat for my opinion, It's a dog eat dog world and I'm wearing milkbone underwear.